House and outbuildings

Location

392 Heathcote-Rochester Road, MOUNT CAMEL VIC 3523 - Property No 205223

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The farm complex at 392 Heathcote Rochester Road is significant. The complex includes the house dating from the late 1870s and a later wing c.1900, an outbuilding, animal shelter and exotic trees immediately surrounding the house and forming part of the former garden.

How is it significant?

The farm complex is historically and aesthetically significant to the City of Greater Bendigo.

Why is it significant?

392 Heathcote-Rochester Road is significant for its demonstration of a small self contained farm of the late 1870s which was originally part of the squatting run of Mount Camel Station and then later subdivided according to the Land Selection Act of 1869. At a later date the property demonstrates the parcelling of land under Soldier Settlement Scheme whereby it was taken up by Thomas Dickenson, then remaining in the Dickenson family from that date until the present time. Criterion A

The farm buildings are representative of a small scale of farming, and form a coherent and intact group. The house is of interest for its wide span gable, bargeboards and verandah frieze decoration on the 1870s part. The outbuildings contribute to sense of the place as a self contained farm. The exotic trees including a peppercorn, cypress and cedar contribute to the enclosed setting of the place. Criterion D

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees

Category

Planting exotic